Greater Hamburg Act

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The Greater Hamburg Act was a 1937 law in Nazi Germany that reorganized the borders and status of several northern German cities and territories, notably expanding Hamburg and stripping Lübeck of its long-standing independence.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German federal law
law
affectedCity Altona NERFINISHED
Hamburg NERFINISHED
Harburg-Wilhelmsburg NERFINISHED
Lübeck NERFINISHED
Wandsbek NERFINISHED
affectedState Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck NERFINISHED
Prussia NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Groß-Hamburg-Gesetz NERFINISHED
appliesToTerritory Elbe River region NERFINISHED
Lower Elbe area NERFINISHED
changedStatusOf City of Hamburg NERFINISHED
Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck NERFINISHED
consequence adjustment of Prussian provincial borders
creation of Greater Hamburg
loss of Lübeck’s independence
country Nazi Germany
dateEnacted 1937-01-26
effectiveDate 1937-04-01
effectOnHamburg enlarged territory
incorporated surrounding Prussian cities
effectOnLübeck abolished statehood
ended imperial immediacy tradition
integrated Lübeck into Prussia
GermanName Gesetz über Groß-Hamburg und andere Gebietsbereinigungen NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Nazi era NERFINISHED
interwar period
jurisdiction Germany NERFINISHED
languageOfWork German
legalArea administrative law
constitutional law
legislativeBody Reichstag NERFINISHED
politicalContext Nazi regime
purpose expansion of Hamburg
reduction of Lübeck’s political status
territorial reorganization of northern Germany
region Northern Germany NERFINISHED
relatedCity Bremerhaven NERFINISHED
Kiel NERFINISHED
relatedEvent centralization of power in Nazi Germany
shortName Greater Hamburg Act NERFINISHED
signedBy Adolf Hitler NERFINISHED
timePeriod 1930s
transferredFromHamburgToPrussia Cuxhaven NERFINISHED
transferredFromPrussiaToHamburg Altona NERFINISHED
Harburg-Wilhelmsburg NERFINISHED
Wandsbek NERFINISHED

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Free City of Lübeck dissolutionEvent Greater Hamburg Act